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-- Copyright 2007-2011 Mitchell mitchell<att>caladbolg.net. See LICENSE.

---
-- Language autocompletion support for the textadept module.
module('_m.textadept.adeptsense', package.seeall)

-- Markdown:
-- ## Overview
--
-- Adeptsense is a form of autocompletion for programming. It has the means to
-- supply a list of potential completions for classes, member functions and
-- fields, packages, etc. Adeptsense can also display documentation for such
-- entities in the form of a calltip. This document provides the information
-- necessary in order to write a new Adeptsense for a language. For illustrative
-- purposes, an Adeptsense for Lua will be created. More advanced techniques
-- are covered later.
--
-- ## Creating an Adeptsense
--
-- Adeptsenses exist per-language and are typically defined in a
-- [language-specific module](../manual/7_Modules.html#language_specific).
-- First check to see if the module for your language has an Adeptsense. If not,
-- you will need to create one. The language modules included with Textadept
-- have Adeptsenses so they can be used for reference. If your language is
-- similar to any of those languages, you can copy and modify the existing
-- language's Adeptsense, saving some time and effort.
--
-- #### Terminology
--
-- Not all languages have "classes", "functions", and "fields" in the full sense
-- of the word. Normally classes are referred to as objects in Object Oriented
-- Programming (OOP), functions are class or instance methods a class can have,
-- and fields are class or instance properties. For example an "Apple" class may
-- have a "color" field and an "eat" function. To Adeptsense, the term "class"
-- is simply a container for "function" and "field" completions. "functions" and
-- "fields" are only distinguished by an icon in the completion list.
--
-- For Lua, consider modules and tables as "classes", functions as "functions",
-- and module/table keys as "fields".
--
-- #### Introduction
--
-- Open the language-specific module for editing and create a new instance of an
-- Adeptsense.
--
--     $> # from either _HOME or _USERHOME:
--     $> cd modules/lua/
--     $> textadept init.lua
--
--     sense = _m.textadept.adeptsense.new('lua')
--
-- Where 'lua' is replaced by your language's name.
--
-- #### Syntax Options
--
-- The syntax of different languages varies so the Adeptsense must be configured
-- for your language in order to function properly. See the [`syntax`](#syntax)
-- table documentation for all options.
--
-- ##### syntax.self
--
-- The first syntax option is `syntax.self`. While Lua has a `self` identifier,
-- it is not used in the usual sense for a class instance so it will just be
-- ignored.
--
-- ##### syntax.class_definition
--
-- Next is `syntax.class_definition`. Lua does not really have the "class"
-- concept most OOP programmers are used to, but modules do behave somewhat like
-- classes.
--
--     sense.syntax.class_definition = 'module%s*%(?%s*[\'"]([%w_%.]+)'
--
-- The "class"'s name is the identifier in quotes.
--
-- ##### syntax.word_chars
--
-- Lua words already consist of the default `%w_` so no changes are necessary.
--
-- ##### syntax.symbol_chars
--
-- In addition to the usual `[%w_%.]` symbol characters, Lua also allows symbols
-- to contain a `:`.
--
--     sense.syntax.symbol_chars = '[%w_%.:]'
--
-- ##### syntax.type_declarations
--
-- Since Lua has no type declarations (e.g. `int x` in C), the
-- `syntax.type_declarations` table should be empty:
--
--     sense.syntax.type_declarations = {}
--
-- ##### syntax.type\_declarations\_exclude
--
-- Since Lua has no type declarations, no changes are necessary.
--
-- ##### syntax.type_assignments
--
-- Sometimes a type can be inferred by the right side of a variable assignment.
-- In the Lua code `local foo = 'bar'`, the variable `foo` has type `string`.
-- Similarly, in `local foo = _m.textadept.adeptsense`, `foo` has type
-- `_m.textadept.adeptsense`.
--
--     sense.syntax.type_assignments = {
--       ['^[\'"]'] = 'string', -- foo = 'bar' or foo = "bar"
--       ['^([%w_%.]+)'] = '%1' -- foo = _m.textadept.adeptsense
--     }
--
-- Note the `^` in the pattern. The beginning of the right hand side of the
-- assignment should be matched, otherwise `local foo = bar('baz')` could infer
-- an incorrect type.
--
-- #### Completion Lists
--
-- The [`completions`](#completions) table contains the completion lists for
-- all classes. Each table entry key is the class's name and the value is a
-- table of `functions` and `fields` lists. The general form is:
--
--     sense.completions = {
--       ['class1'] = {
--         functions = { 'fun1', 'fun2', ...},
--         fields = { 'f1', 'f2', ... }
--       },
--       ['class2'] = ...,
--       ...
--     }
--
-- Obviously manually creating completion lists would be incredibly
-- time-consuming so there is a shortcut method.
--
-- ##### Ctags
--
-- Adeptsense recognizes the output from [Ctags](http://ctags.sourceforge.net/)
-- and can populate the `completions` table from it with a little bit of help.
-- Ctags has a list of "kinds" for every language. You can see them by running
-- `ctags --list-kinds` in your shell. Since Adeptsense only cares about
-- classes, functions, and fields, you need to let it know which kind of tag is
-- which. Unfortunately, Lua support in Ctags is not good at all. Instead,
-- Textadept has a utility (`scripts/adeptsensedoc.lua`) to generate a fake set
-- of tags that is more useful. Functions are tagged `'f'` and should be
-- recognized as such; table keys are tagged `'t'` and should be recognized as
-- fields; module fields, `'F'`, should be fields; and modules, `'m'`, should be
-- classes:
--
--     sense.ctags_kinds = {
--       f = 'functions',
--       F = 'fields',
--       m = 'classes',
--       t = 'fields',
--     }
--
-- To load a default set of Ctags, use [`load_ctags()`](#load_ctags).
--
--     sense:load_ctags(_HOME..'/modules/lua/tags', true)
--
-- Textadept comes with a set of Ctags for its Lua API.
--
-- #### API Documentation
--
-- Adeptsense can show API documentation for symbols from files specified in its
-- [`api_files`](#api_files) table. See the previous link for documentation on
-- how the API file should be structured.
--
--     sense.api_files = { _HOME..'/modules/lua/api' }
--
-- #### Triggers
--
-- Triggers are characters or character sequences that trigger an autocompletion
-- list to be displayed. Lua has two characters that can do so: `.` and `:`. The
-- `.` should autocomplete both fields and functions while `:` should
-- autocomplete only functions. This is specified using
-- [`add_trigger()`](#add_trigger).
--
--     sense:add_trigger('.')
--     sense:add_trigger(':', false, true)
--
-- #### User-Settings
--
-- Finally, you should allow the users of your Adeptsense to supply their own
-- Ctags and API files in addition to any default ones you loaded or specified
-- earlier:
--
--     -- Load user tags and apidoc.
--     if lfs.attributes(_USERHOME..'/modules/lua/tags') then
--       sense:load_ctags(_USERHOME..'/modules/lua/tags')
--     end
--     if lfs.attributes(_USERHOME..'/modules/lua/api') then
--       sense.api_files[#sense.api_files + 1] = _USERHOME..'/modules/lua/api'
--     end
--
-- #### Summary
--
-- The above method of setting syntax options, ctags kinds, and trigger
-- characters for an Adeptsense is sufficient for most static and some dynamic
-- languages. The rest of this document is devoted to more complex techniques.
--
-- #### Overriding Adeptsense Functions
--
-- Sometimes Adeptsense's default behavior is not sufficient. Maybe the
-- `type_declarations` and `type_assignments` tables used by the
-- [`get_class()`](#get_class) function are not granular enough. Maybe some
-- symbols can contain more than just the `syntax.symbol_chars` used by
-- [`get_symbol()`](#get_symbol). Adeptsense allows these functions to be
-- overridden.
--
--     function sense:get_class(symbol)
--       if condition then
--         return self.super.get_class(self, symbol) -- default behavior
--       else
--         -- different behavior
--       end
--     end
--
-- The default adeptsense functions are called by using the `self.super`
-- reference.
--
-- ##### Examples for Ruby
--
-- In Ruby, everything is an object -- even numbers. Since numbers do not have
-- a type declaration, the [`get_class()`](#get_class) function should return
-- `Integer` or `Float` if the symbol is a number.
--
--     function sense:get_class(symbol)
--       local class = self.super.get_class(self, symbol)
--       if class then return class end
--       -- Integers and Floats.
--       if tonumber(symbol:match('^%d+%.?%d*$')) then
--         return symbol:find('%.') and 'Float' or 'Integer'
--       end
--       return nil
--     end
--
-- Note that there is no plus or minus prefix in the pattern. This is because
-- `+` or `-` characters are not a part of `syntax.symbol_chars` so a symbol
-- will not contain either of them.
--
-- Like numbers, the syntax for constructing strings, arrays, hashes, and the
-- like should also be considered as symbols. `[foo].` should show a completion
-- list with array instance methods:
--
--     function sense:get_symbol()
--       local line, p = buffer:get_cur_line()
--       if line:sub(1, p):match('%[.-%]%s*%.$') then return 'Array', '' end
--       return self.super.get_symbol(self)
--     end
--
-- The Ruby module Adeptsense has a more complicated version of this function
-- that handles strings, hashes, symbols, and regexps as well. Please refer to
-- it for more information.
--
-- ##### Examples for Java
--
-- Autocomplete of Java `import` statements is something nice to have. Ctags
-- produces a tag for packages so it is rather straightforward to build an
-- import completion list.
--
-- Since Adeptsense ignores any tags not mapped to `classes`, `functions`, or
-- `fields` in [`ctags_kinds`](#ctags_kinds), it passes an unknown tag to the
-- [`handle_ctag()`](#handle_ctag) function. In this case, package (`p`) tags
-- need to be handled.
--
--     function sense:handle_ctag(tag_name, file_name, ex_cmd, ext_fields)
--       if ext_fields:sub(1, 1) ~= 'p' then return end -- not a package
--       if not self.imports then self.imports = {} end
--       local import = self.imports
--       for package in tag_name:gmatch('[^.]+') do
--         if not import[package] then import[package] = {} end
--         import = import[package]
--       end
--       import[#import + 1] = file_name:match('([^/\\]-)%.java$')
--     end
--
-- Now that we have a list of import completions, it should be activated by the
-- normal trigger (`.`), but only on a line that contains an `import` statement.
-- The [`get_completions`](#get_completions) function needs to be overridden to
-- use the `import` table's completions when necessary.
--
--     function sense:get_completions(symbol, ofields, ofunctions)
--       if not buffer:get_cur_line():find('^%s*import') then
--         return self.super.get_completions(self, symbol, ofields, ofunctions)
--       end
--       if symbol == 'import' then symbol = '' end -- top-level import
--       local c = {}
--       local import = self.imports or {}
--       for package in symbol:gmatch('[^%.]+') do
--         if not import[package] then return nil end
--         import = import[package]
--       end
--       for k, v in pairs(import) do
--         c[#c + 1] = type(v) == 'table' and k..'?1' or v..'?2'
--       end
--       table.sort(c)
--       return c
--     end
--
-- Note that `'?1'` and `'?2'` are appended to each completion entry. These tell
-- Adeptsense which icon to display in the autocompletion list. If no icon
-- information is given, no icon is displayed. `1` is for fields and `2` is for
-- functions. In this case, the icons are used only to distinguish between a
-- parent package and a package with no children since parents have an
-- additional list of completions.
--
-- Finally since an `imports` table was created, it should be cleared when the
-- Adeptsense is cleared to free up memory. When this happens,
-- [`handle_clear()`](#handle_clear) is called.
--
--     function sense:handle_clear()
--       self.imports = {}
--     end
--
-- #### Other Adeptsense Settings
--
-- * `always_show_globals` [bool]: Include globals in the list of completions
--   offered. Globals are classes, functions, and fields that do not belong to
--   another class. They are contained in `completions['']`. The default value
--   is `true`.

--
-- ## Settings
--
-- * `FUNCTIONS` [string]: XPM image for adeptsense functions.
-- * `FIELDS` [string]: XPM image for adeptsense fields.

local senses = {}

FUNCTIONS = '/* XPM */\nstatic char *function[] = {\n/* columns rows colors chars-per-pixel */\n"16 16 5 1",\n"  c #000000",\n". c #E0BC38",\n"X c #F0DC5C",\n"o c #FCFC80",\n"O c None",\n/* pixels */\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOOO  OOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOO oo  OO",\n"OOOOOOOO ooooo O",\n"OOOOOOO ooooo. O",\n"OOOO  O XXoo.. O",\n"OOO oo  XXX... O",\n"OO ooooo XX.. OO",\n"O ooooo.  X. OOO",\n"O XXoo.. O  OOOO",\n"O XXX... OOOOOOO",\n"O XXX.. OOOOOOOO",\n"OO  X. OOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOO  OOOOOOOOOO"\n};'
FIELDS = '/* XPM */\nstatic char *field[] = {\n/* columns rows colors chars-per-pixel */\n"16 16 5 1",\n"  c #000000",\n". c #8C748C",\n"X c #9C94A4",\n"o c #ACB4C0",\n"O c None",\n/* pixels */\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOO  OOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOO oo  OOO",\n"OOOOOOO ooooo OO",\n"OOOOOO ooooo. OO",\n"OOOOOO XXoo.. OO",\n"OOOOOO XXX... OO",\n"OOOOOO XXX.. OOO",\n"OOOOOOO  X. OOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOO  OOOOO",\n"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"\n};'

---
-- Returns a full symbol (if any) and current symbol part (if any) behind the
-- caret.
-- For example: buffer.cur would return 'buffer' and 'cur'.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @return symbol or '', part or ''.
function get_symbol(sense)
  local line, p = buffer:get_cur_line()
  local sc, wc = sense.syntax.symbol_chars, sense.syntax.word_chars
  local patt = string.format('(%s-)[^%s%%s]+([%s]*)$', sc, wc, wc)
  local symbol, part = line:sub(1, p):match(patt)
  if not symbol then part = line:sub(1, p):match('(['..wc..']*)$') end
  return symbol or '', part or ''
end

---
-- Returns the class name for a given symbol.
-- If the symbol is sense.syntax.self and a class definition using the
-- sense.syntax.class_definition keyword is found, that class is returned.
-- Otherwise the buffer is searched backwards for a type declaration of the
-- symbol according to the patterns in sense.syntax.type_declarations.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @param symbol The symbol to get the class of.
-- @return class or nil
-- @see syntax
function get_class(sense, symbol)
  local buffer = buffer
  local self = sense.syntax.self
  local class_definition = sense.syntax.class_definition
  local completions = sense.completions
  local symbol_chars = sense.syntax.symbol_chars
  local type_declarations = sense.syntax.type_declarations
  local exclude = sense.syntax.type_declarations_exclude
  local type_assignments = sense.syntax.type_assignments
  local assignment_patt = symbol..'%s*=%s*([^\r\n]+)'
  local class, superclass, assignment
  for i = buffer:line_from_position(buffer.current_pos), 0, -1 do
    local s, e
    if symbol == self or symbol == '' then
      -- Determine type from the class declaration.
      s, e, class, superclass = buffer:get_line(i):find(class_definition)
      if class and not completions[class] then
        class = completions[superclass] and superclass or nil
      end
    else
      -- Search for a type declaration or type assignment.
      local line = buffer:get_line(i)
      if line:find(symbol) then
        for _, patt in ipairs(type_declarations) do
          s, e, class = line:find(patt:gsub('%%_', symbol))
          if class and exclude[class] then class = nil end
          if class then break end
        end
        if not class then
          s, e, assignment = line:find(assignment_patt)
          if assignment then
            for patt, type in pairs(type_assignments) do
              local captures = { assignment:match(patt) }
              if #captures > 0 then
                class = type:gsub('%%(%d+)', function(n)
                  return captures[tonumber(n)]
                end)
              end
              if class then break end
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end
    if class then
      -- The type declaration should not be in a comment or string.
      local pos = buffer:position_from_line(i)
      local style = buffer:get_style_name(buffer.style_at[pos + s - 1])
      if style ~= 'comment' and style ~= 'string' then break end
      class = nil
    end
  end
  return class
end

-- Adds an inherited class's completions to the given completion list.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @param class The name of the class to add inherited completions from.
-- @param only_fields If true, adds only fields to the completion list; defaults
--   to false.
-- @param only_funcs If true, adds only functions to the completion list;
--   defaults to false.
-- @param c The completion list to add completions to.
-- @param added Table that keeps track of what inherited classes have been
--   added. This prevents stack overflow errors. Should be {} on the initial
--   call to add_inherited().
local function add_inherited(sense, class, only_fields, only_funcs, c, added)
  local inherited_classes = sense.inherited_classes[class]
  if not inherited_classes or added[class] then return end
  local completions = sense.completions
  for _, inherited_class in ipairs(inherited_classes) do
    local inherited_completions = completions[inherited_class]
    if inherited_completions then
      if not only_fields then
        for _, v in ipairs(inherited_completions.functions) do c[#c + 1] = v end
      end
      if not only_funcs then
        for _, v in ipairs(inherited_completions.fields) do c[#c + 1] = v end
      end
    end
    added[class] = true
    add_inherited(sense, inherited_class, only_fields, only_funcs, c, added)
  end
end

---
-- Returns a list of completions for the given symbol.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @param symbol The symbol to get completions for.
-- @param only_fields If true, returns list of only fields; defaults to false.
-- @param only_functions If true, returns list of only functions; defaults to
--   false.
-- @return completion_list or nil
function get_completions(sense, symbol, only_fields, only_functions)
  if only_fields and only_functions or not symbol then return nil end
  local compls = sense.completions
  local class = compls[symbol] and symbol or sense:get_class(symbol)
  if not compls[class] then return nil end

  -- If there is no symbol, try to determine the context class. If one exists,
  -- display its completions in addition to global completions.
  local include_globals = false
  if symbol == '' then
    local context_class = sense:get_class(symbol)
    if context_class and compls[context_class] then
      class = context_class
      include_globals = sense.always_show_globals and compls[''] ~= nil
    end
  end

  -- Create list of completions.
  local c = {}
  if not only_fields then
    for _, v in ipairs(compls[class].functions) do c[#c + 1] = v end
    if include_globals and class ~= '' then
      for _, v in ipairs(compls[''].functions) do c[#c + 1] = v end
    end
  end
  if not only_functions then
    for _, v in ipairs(compls[class].fields) do c[#c + 1] = v end
    if include_globals and class ~= '' then
      for _, v in ipairs(compls[''].fields) do c[#c + 1] = v end
    end
  end
  add_inherited(sense, class, only_fields, only_functions, c, {})

  -- Remove duplicates and non-toplevel classes (if necessary).
  if not buffer.auto_c_ignore_case then
    table.sort(c)
  else
    table.sort(c, function(a, b) return a:upper() < b:upper() end)
  end
  local table_remove, nwc = table.remove, '[^'..sense.syntax.word_chars..'%?]'
  for i = #c, 2, -1 do
    if c[i] == c[i - 1] or c[i]:find(nwc) then table_remove(c, i) end
  end
  return c
end

---
-- Shows an autocompletion list for the symbol behind the caret.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @param only_fields If true, returns list of only fields; defaults to false.
-- @param only_functions If true, returns list of only functions; defaults to
--   false.
-- @return true on success or false.
-- @see get_symbol
-- @see get_completions
function complete(sense, only_fields, only_functions)
  local buffer = buffer
  local symbol, part = sense:get_symbol()
  local completions = sense:get_completions(symbol, only_fields, only_functions)
  if not completions then return false end
  buffer:clear_registered_images()
  buffer:register_image(1, FIELDS)
  buffer:register_image(2, FUNCTIONS)
  if not buffer.auto_c_choose_single or #completions ~= 1 then
    buffer:auto_c_show(#part, table.concat(completions, ' '))
  else
    -- Scintilla does not emit AUTO_C_SELECTION in this case. This is necessary
    -- for autocompletion with multiple selections.
    events.emit(events.AUTO_C_SELECTION, completions[1]:sub(#part + 1),
                buffer.current_pos)
  end
  return true
end

---
-- Sets the trigger for autocompletion.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @param c The character(s) that triggers the autocompletion. You can have up
--   to two characters.
-- @param only_fields If true, this trigger only completes fields. Defaults to
--   false.
-- @param only_functions If true, this trigger only completes functions.
--   Defaults to false.
-- @usage sense:add_trigger('.')
-- @usage sense:add_trigger(':', false, true) -- only functions
-- @usage sense:add_trigger('->')
function add_trigger(sense, c, only_fields, only_functions)
  if #c > 2 then return end -- TODO: warn
  local c1, c2 = c:match('.$'):byte(), #c > 1 and c:sub(1, 1):byte()
  local i = events.connect(events.CHAR_ADDED, function(char)
    if char == c1 and buffer:get_lexer(true) == sense.lexer then
      if c2 and buffer.char_at[buffer.current_pos - 2] ~= c2 then return end
      sense:complete(only_fields, only_functions)
    end
  end)
  sense.events[#sense.events + 1] = i
end

---
-- Returns a list of apidocs for the given symbol.
-- If there are multiple apidocs, the index of one to display is the value of
-- the 'pos' key in the returned list.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @param symbol The symbol to get apidocs for.
-- @return apidoc_list or nil
function get_apidoc(sense, symbol)
  if not symbol then return nil end
  local apidocs = { pos = 1 }
  local word_chars = sense.syntax.word_chars
  local patt = string.format('^(.-)[^%s]*([%s]+)$', word_chars, word_chars)
  local entity, func = symbol:match(patt)
  if not func then return nil end
  local c = func:sub(1, 1) -- for quick comparison
  local patt = '^'..func:gsub('([%.%-%?])', '%%%1')..'%s+(.+)$'
  for _, file in ipairs(sense.api_files) do
    if lfs.attributes(file) then
      for line in io.lines(file) do
        if line:sub(1, 1) == c then apidocs[#apidocs + 1] = line:match(patt) end
      end
    end
  end
  if #apidocs == 0 then return nil end
  -- Try to display the type-correct apidoc by getting the entity the function
  -- is being called on and attempting to determine its type. Otherwise, fall
  -- back to the entity itself. In order for this to work, the first line in the
  -- apidoc must start with the entity (e.g. Class.function).
  local class = sense.completions[entity] or sense:get_class(entity)
  if entity == '' then class = sense:get_class(entity) end
  if type(class) ~= 'string' then class = entity end -- fall back to entity
  for i, apidoc in ipairs(apidocs) do
    if apidoc:sub(1, #class) == class then
      apidocs.pos = i
      break
    end
  end
  return apidocs
end

---
-- Shows a calltip with API documentation for the symbol behind the caret.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @return true on success or false.
-- @see get_symbol
-- @see get_apidoc
function show_apidoc(sense)
  local buffer = buffer
  local symbol
  local s, e = buffer.selection_start, buffer.selection_end
  if s == e then
    buffer:goto_pos(buffer:word_end_position(s, true))
    local line, p = buffer:get_cur_line()
    line = line:sub(1, p)
    symbol = line:match('('..sense.syntax.symbol_chars..'+)%s*$') or
             line:match('('..sense.syntax.symbol_chars..'+)%s*%([^()]*$') or ''
    buffer:goto_pos(e)
  else
    symbol = buffer:text_range(s, e)
  end
  local apidocs = sense:get_apidoc(symbol)
  if not apidocs then return false end
  for i, doc in ipairs(apidocs) do
    doc = doc:gsub('\\\\', '%%esc%%'):gsub('\\n', '\n'):gsub('%%esc%%', '\\')
    if #apidocs > 1 then
      if not doc:find('\n') then doc = doc..'\n' end
      doc = '\001'..doc:gsub('\n', '\n\002', 1)
    end
    apidocs[i] = doc
  end
  buffer:call_tip_show(buffer.current_pos, apidocs[apidocs.pos or 1])
  -- Cycle through calltips.
  local event_id = events.connect(events.CALL_TIP_CLICK, function(position)
    apidocs.pos = apidocs.pos + (position == 1 and -1 or 1)
    if apidocs.pos > #apidocs then apidocs.pos = 1 end
    if apidocs.pos < 1 then apidocs.pos = #apidocs end
    buffer:call_tip_show(buffer.current_pos, apidocs[apidocs.pos])
  end)
  timeout(1, function()
    if pcall(buffer.call_tip_active, buffer) then return true end
    events.disconnect(events.CALL_TIP_CLICK, event_id)
  end)
  return true
end

---
-- Loads the given ctags file for autocompletion.
-- It is recommended to pass '-n' to ctags in order to use line numbers instead
-- of text patterns to locate tags. This will greatly reduce memory usage for a
-- large number of symbols if nolocations is not true.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @param tag_file The path of the ctags file to load.
-- @param nolocations If true, does not store the locations of the tags for use
--   by goto_ctag(). Defaults to false.
function load_ctags(sense, tag_file, nolocations)
  local ctags_kinds = sense.ctags_kinds
  local completions = sense.completions
  local locations = sense.locations
  local inherited_classes = sense.inherited_classes
  local ctags_fmt = '^(%S+)\t([^\t]+)\t(.-);"\t(.*)$'
  for line in io.lines(tag_file) do
    local tag_name, file_name, ex_cmd, ext_fields = line:match(ctags_fmt)
    if tag_name then
      local k = ext_fields:sub(1, 1)
      local kind = ctags_kinds[k]
      if kind == 'functions' or kind == 'fields' then
        -- Update completions.
        -- If no class structure is found, the global namespace is used.
        for _, key in ipairs{ 'class', 'interface', 'struct', 'union', '' } do
          local class = (key == '') and '' or ext_fields:match(key..':(%S+)')
          if class then
            if not completions[class] then
              completions[class] = { fields = {}, functions = {} }
            end
            local t = completions[class][kind]
            t[#t + 1] = tag_name..(kind == 'fields' and '?1' or '?2')
            -- Update locations.
            if not nolocations then
              if not locations[k] then locations[k] = {} end
              locations[k][class..'#'..tag_name] = { file_name, ex_cmd }
            end
            break
          end
        end
      elseif kind == 'classes' then
        -- Update class list.
        local inherits = ext_fields:match('inherits:(%S+)')
        if not inherits then inherits = ext_fields:match('struct:(%S+)') end
        if inherits then
          inherited_classes[tag_name] = {}
          for class in inherits:gmatch('[^,]+') do
            local t = inherited_classes[tag_name]
            t[#t + 1] = class
            -- Even though this class inherits fields and functions from others,
            -- an empty completions table needs to be added to it so
            -- get_completions() does not return prematurely.
            if not completions[tag_name] then
              completions[tag_name] = { fields = {}, functions = {} }
            end
          end
        end
        -- Update completions.
        -- Add the class to the global namespace.
        if not completions[''] then
          completions[''] = { fields = {}, functions = {} }
        end
        local t = completions[''].fields
        t[#t + 1] = tag_name..'?1'
        -- Update locations.
        if not nolocations then
          if not locations[k] then locations[k] = {} end
          locations[k][tag_name] = { file_name, ex_cmd }
        end
      else
        sense:handle_ctag(tag_name, file_name, ex_cmd, ext_fields)
      end
    end
  end
  for _, v in pairs(completions) do
    table.sort(v.functions)
    table.sort(v.fields)
  end
end

---
-- Displays a filteredlist of all known symbols of the given kind (classes,
-- functions, fields, etc.) and jumps to the source of the selected one.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @param k The ctag character kind (e.g. 'f' for a Lua function).
-- @param title The title for the filteredlist dialog.
function goto_ctag(sense, k, title)
  if not sense.locations[k] then return end -- no ctags loaded
  local items = {}
  local kind = sense.ctags_kinds[k]
  for k, v in pairs(sense.locations[k]) do
    items[#items + 1] = k:match('[^#]+$') -- symbol name
    if kind == 'functions' or kind == 'fields' then
      items[#items + 1] = k:match('^[^#]+') -- class name
    end
    items[#items + 1] = v[1]..':'..v[2]
  end
  local columns = { 'Name', 'Location' }
  if kind == 'functions' or kind == 'fields' then
    table.insert(columns, 2, 'Class')
  end
  local location = gui.filteredlist(title, columns, items, false,
                                    '--output-column', '3')
  if not location then return end
  local path, line = location:match('^(%a?:?[^:]+):(.+)$')
  io.open_file(path)
  if not tonumber(line) then
    -- /^ ... $/
    buffer.target_start, buffer.target_end = 0, buffer.length
    buffer.search_flags = _SCINTILLA.constants.SCFIND_REGEXP
    if buffer:search_in_target(line:sub(2, -2)) >= 0 then
      buffer:goto_pos(buffer.target_start)
    end
  else
    _m.textadept.editing.goto_line(tonumber(line))
  end
end

---
-- Called by load_ctags when a ctag kind is not recognized.
-- This method should be replaced with your own that is specific to the
-- language.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
-- @param tag_name The tag name.
-- @param file_name The name of the file the tag belongs to.
-- @param ex_cmd The ex_cmd returned by ctags.
-- @param ext_fields The ext_fields returned by ctags.
function handle_ctag(sense, tag_name, file_name, ex_cmd, ext_fields) end

---
-- Clears an adeptsense.
-- This is necessary for loading a new ctags file or completions from a
-- different project.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
function clear(sense)
  sense.inherited_classes = {}
  sense.completions = {}
  sense.locations = {}
  sense:handle_clear()
  collectgarbage('collect')
end

---
-- Called when clearing an adeptsense.
-- This function should be replaced with your own if you have any persistant
-- objects that need to be deleted.
-- @param sense The adeptsense returned by adeptsense.new().
function handle_clear(sense) end

---
-- Creates a new adeptsense for the given lexer language.
-- Only one sense can exist per language.
-- @param lang The lexer language to create an adeptsense for.
-- @return adeptsense.
-- @usage local lua_sense = _m.textadept.adeptsense.new('lua')
function new(lang)
  local sense = senses[lang]
  if sense then
    sense.ctags_kinds = {}
    sense.api_files = {}
    for _, i in ipairs(sense.events) do
      events.disconnect(events.CHAR_ADDED, i)
    end
    sense.events = {}
    sense:clear()
  end

  sense = setmetatable({
    lexer = lang,
    events = {},
    always_show_globals = true,

---
-- Contains a map of ctags kinds to adeptsense kinds.
-- Recognized kinds are 'functions', 'fields', and 'classes'. Classes are quite
-- simply containers for functions and fields so Lua modules would count as
-- classes. Any other kinds will be passed to handle_ctag() for user-defined
-- handling.
-- @usage luasense.ctags_kinds = { 'f' = 'functions' }
-- @usage csense.ctags_kinds = { 'm' = 'fields', 'f' = 'functions',
--   c = 'classes', s = 'classes' }
-- @usage javasense.ctags_kinds = { 'f' = 'fields', 'm' = 'functions',
--   c = 'classes', i = 'classes' }
-- @class table
-- @name ctags_kinds
-- @see handle_ctag
ctags_kinds = {},

---
-- Contains a map of classes and a list of their inherited classes.
-- @class table
-- @name inherited_classes
inherited_classes = {},

---
-- Contains lists of possible completions for known symbols.
-- Each symbol key has a table value that contains a list of field completions
-- with a `fields` key and a list of functions completions with a `functions`
-- key. This table is normally populated by load_ctags(), but can also be set
-- by the user.
-- @class table
-- @name completions
completions = {},

---
-- Contains the locations of known symbols.
-- This table is populated by load_ctags().
-- @class table
-- @name locations
locations = {},

---
-- Contains a list of api files used by show_apidoc().
-- Each line in the api file contains a symbol name (not the full symbol)
-- followed by a space character and then the symbol's documentation. Since
-- there may be many duplicate symbol names, it is recommended to put the full
-- symbol and arguments, if any, on the first line. (e.g. Class.function(arg1,
-- arg2, ...)). This allows the correct documentation to be shown based on the
-- current context. In the documentation, newlines are represented with '\n'. A
-- '\' before '\n' escapes the newline.
-- @class table
-- @name api_files
api_files = {},

---
-- Contains syntax-specific values for the language.
-- @field self The language's syntax-equivalent of 'self'. Default is 'self'.
-- @field class_definition A Lua pattern representing the language's class
--   definition syntax. The first capture returned must be the class name. A
--   second, optional capture contains the class' superclass (if any). If no
--   completions are found for the class name, completions for the superclass
--   are shown (if any). Completions will not be shown for both a class and
--   superclass unless defined in a previously loaded ctags file. Also, multiple
--   superclasses cannot be recognized by this pattern; use a ctags file
--   instead. Defaults to 'class%s+([%w_]+)'.
-- @field word_chars A Lua pattern of characters allowed in a word. Default is
--   '%w_'.
-- @field symbol_chars A Lua pattern of characters allowed in a symbol,
--   including member operators. The pattern should be a character set. Default
--   is '[%w_%.]'.
-- @field type_declarations A list of Lua patterns used for determining the
--   class type of a symbol. The first capture returned must be the class name.
--   Use '%_' to match the symbol. Defaults to '(%u[%w_%.]+)%s+%_'.
-- @field type_declarations_exclude A table of types to exclude, even if they
--   match a type_declaration pattern. Each excluded type is a table key and has
--   a true boolean value. For example, { Foo = true } excludes any type whose
--   name is 'Foo'. Defaults to being empty.
-- @field type_assignments A map of Lua patterns to class types for variable
--   assignments. This is typically used for dynamically typed languages. For
--   example, `sense.type_assignments['^"'] = 'string'`  would recognize string
--   assignments in Lua so the `foo` in `foo = "bar"` would be recognized as
--   type `string`. The class type value can contain pattern captures.
-- @class table
-- @name syntax
-- @see get_class
syntax = {
  self = 'self',
  class_definition = 'class%s+([%w_]+)',
  word_chars = '%w_',
  symbol_chars = '[%w_%.]',
  type_declarations = {
    '(%u[%w_%.]+)%s+%_', -- Foo bar
  },
  type_declarations_exclude = {},
  type_assignments = {}
},

    super = setmetatable({}, { __index = _M })
  }, { __index = _M })

  senses[lang] = sense
  return sense
end

---
-- Completes the symbol at the current position based on the current lexer's
-- Adeptsense.
-- This should be called by key commands and menus instead of `complete`.
function complete_symbol()
  local m = _m[buffer:get_lexer()]
  if m and m.sense then m.sense:complete() end
end

---
-- Shows API documentation for the symbol at the current position based on the
-- current lexer's Adeptsense.
-- This should be called by key commands and menus instead of `show_apidoc`.
function show_documentation()
  local m = _m[buffer:get_lexer()]
  if m and m.sense then m.sense:show_apidoc() end
end